The Interplay of Bent-Shape, Lateral Dipole and Chirality in Thiophene Based Di-, Tri-, and Tetracatenar Liquid Crystals
摘要:
A range of mesogenic molecules varying in both bend angle and strength of lateral dipole were synthesized, and their phase behavior was characterized by polarizing microscopy, thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, and electrooptical measurements. We find the general destabilization of the liquid crystallinity caused by strong lateral dipolar groups and the bent molecular shape are off-set in mesomorphic tetracatenars, which display stable nematic, smectic, columnar, and cubic mesophases. The broad mesomorphism of the tetracatenars containing lateral dipoles and their incompatibility with chiral induction are explained by considering that loosely correlated dimers exist within the mesophases. Chiral mesophases of derivatives with strong lateral dipoles were achieved by attaching fewer or different side chains to each end of the mesogen.
The Interplay of Bent-Shape, Lateral Dipole and Chirality in Thiophene Based Di-, Tri-, and Tetracatenar Liquid Crystals
摘要:
A range of mesogenic molecules varying in both bend angle and strength of lateral dipole were synthesized, and their phase behavior was characterized by polarizing microscopy, thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, and electrooptical measurements. We find the general destabilization of the liquid crystallinity caused by strong lateral dipolar groups and the bent molecular shape are off-set in mesomorphic tetracatenars, which display stable nematic, smectic, columnar, and cubic mesophases. The broad mesomorphism of the tetracatenars containing lateral dipoles and their incompatibility with chiral induction are explained by considering that loosely correlated dimers exist within the mesophases. Chiral mesophases of derivatives with strong lateral dipoles were achieved by attaching fewer or different side chains to each end of the mesogen.
Exciton Coupling and Dipolar Correlations in a Columnar Liquid Crystal: Photophysics of a Bent-Rod Hexacatenar Mesogen
作者:Igor A. Levitsky、Keiki Kishikawa、S. Holger Eichhorn、Timothy M. Swager
DOI:10.1021/ja993947d
日期:2000.3.1
A novel bent-rod hexacatenar liquid crystal is reported that displays a hexagonal columnar (Col(h)) phase. The organization of conjugated hexacatenar mesogens in the columnar phase is of interest for their anisotropic electronic properties. The emissive nature of the mesogens varies over the temperature range of the Col(h) phase and the spectral shifts were analyzed in terms of an exciton-coupling model. The variation of the emission band in this phase is consistent with varying degrees of rotational disorder between the mesogens. The bent-rod shape and highly dipolar nature of the liquid crystal core (mesogen) promotes (as suggested by computation, X-ray diffraction, and photophysical studies) a high degree of antiparallel intermolecular correlations between nearest neighbors. The antiparallel organization is novel and differs from structures previously identified in other polycatenars. These studies illustrate the utility of the exciton-caupling model to probe the nature and degree of intermolecular correlations in highly dipolar liquid crystals.